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d LETTER: FoEE writes to Commission President Barroso and Commissioner Sefcovic on conflict of interest of former Industry Commissioner G. Verheugen (31st August 2010)

d COMPLAINT: Porsche letters - Ombudsman finds European Commission guilty of maladministration

d LETTER: to Connie Hedegaard, Commissioner DG Climate Action about the dangers steming from the absence of tar sands oil from the EU Fuel Quality Directive
(02 July 2010)

dALTER-EU writes to President Barroso, and Commissioners Sefcovic and Semeta, regarding potential conflicts of interest of former Commissioners (17 May 2010)

dFoEE writes to President Barroso, and Commissioners Sefcovic and Semeta, on possible conflict of interest in relation to former Commissioner Gunter Verheugen (12 May 2010)

dROBIN HOOD TAX: A tiny tax on bankers that would give billions to tackle poverty and climate change, here and abroad.

dTransforming the growth paradigm Documentation FoEE skill share / capacity building Workshop (March 2010)

dALTER-EU publishes a new book: Bursting the Brussels Bubble - the battle to expose corporate lobbying at the heart of the EU (26 April 2010)

dSUBMISSION to the EU Commission consultation on the Capital Requirements Directive IV

dREPORT: Lobbying in Brussels - How much do the top 50 companies in the EU spend? (22 April 2010)

d LETTER: response from A.Mittal on the final draft of GAAM's report from its fact finding mission in Liberia (31 March 2010)

dTAKE ACTION: Are you funding climate chaos? Stop the development of tar sands(26 March 2010)

d LETTER: from GAAM asking feedback from A.Mittal before publishing the report it compiled from its fact finding mission to Liberia (12 March 2010)

dREPORT: Sixty percent of EU consultancies not signed up to European lobby transparency register (11 March 2010)

dCOMPLAINT: Success in Ombudsman complaint. Commission discloses Porsche letters (March 2010)

dCOMMISSION BARROSO II: ALTER-EU writes to new commissioners.

- Letter to Maros Sefcovic, Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration (17 February 2010)

- Letter to Algirdas Semeta, Commissioner for Taxation, Customs Union, Audit, and Anti-Fraud (17 February 2010)

- Letter to Michel Barnier, Commissioner for Internal Market and Services (18 February 2010)

dCOMPLAINT: Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (November 2009)

d REPORT: Energy Futures: Eni's investments in tar sands and palm oil in the Congo basin (November 2009)

En Francais - Avenirs Énergétiques

Energy Futures

d REPORT: A Captive Commission - the role of the financial industry in shaping EU regulation

d POSITION: An economy for the well-being of people and the planet. Position paper of Friends of the Earth Europe on the Financial Crisis (September 2009)

d COMPLAINT: halting misleading palm oil ads (08 July 2009)

d REPORT: The Commission’s Lobby Register One Year On:
Success or Failure?
(04 June 2009)

d REPORT: Irresponsible Energy. Shell: The World's Most Carbon Intensive Oil Company (19 May 2009)

 

d REPORT: ArcelorMittal: Going nowhere slowly (May 2009)

 

d LETTER: from FoEI to A. Mittal asking clarifications on inconsistencies regarding the 'donation' of 100 trucks to Liberian government officials (07 May 2009)

d REPORT: Public money for fossil fuels in the EU and in 3 EU member states (05 May 2009)

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dALTER-EU: Towards an inter-institutional and mandatory EU lobbying register Open letter to the MEP members of the inter-institutional working group (IWG) on the shared lobbying register (21 March 2009)

d ACTION: EU banks on insiders to fix the financial crisis FoE highlights biased advice in creative action (25 Feb 2009)

dLETTER: response from A. Mittal on FoEI's concerns about the company's corporate responsibility conduct at its operations in Liberia (18 Feb 2009)

d REPORT: Whose views count? Business influence and the European Commission's High Level Groups (12 Feb 2009)

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d WORST EU LOBBYING AWARDS CEREMONY:
Agrofuels lobby and Finnish MEP disgraced at Worst EU Lobbying Awards ceremony (09 December 2008)

d REPORT: Total, La mise en exam. FoE France, exposes Total's bad practices in renewable energy, enviroment protection, corruption, transparency and human rights (French) synthesis & complete report

 register guidelines

d ALTER-EU sets the standard for EU lobbying transparency: Guidelines for a transparent registration in the Commission's Register for Interest Representatives (30 Oct 2008)

    register guidelines

d Fuel Quality Directive:
Friends of the Earth Europe writes to the EU Presidency
(28 Nov. 2008)
- letter to Minister Borloo

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Why we campaign for Corporate Accountability

Economic actors, especially transnational companies, have a huge role to play in protecting, promoting and respecting human, social and environmental rights. Often having enormous influence over decision making in national states or in the EU, they are rarely held to account for the abuses they commit in damaging the environment, harming local communities and forcing workers to accept unfair conditions and/or salaries. It is time for companies to be responsible and accountable.

What we campaign on:
CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
Holding corporations accountable

As corporations have proven incapable of regulating themselves, we are calling for binding legal frameworks that allow peoples' to protect themselves against corporate power. Read more

COUNTER CORPORATE LOBBY POWER
Ending corporate privileges and secrecy

Over 15.000 lobbyists are roaming the corridors of the EU institutions, a large majority representing companies' interests and fighting hard to defend their narrow commercial agendas. We are calling for improved transparency around lobbying and an end to privileged access to decision-makers. Read more

STOP THE GREENWASH!
Unmasking misleading advertising

Many companies whose operations have disastrous environmental impacts spend major sums on slick advertising campaigns to improve their image. We expose and challenge this kind of "Greenwash". Read more

EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES - BLESSING OR CURSE?
Exposing the impacts of the Extractive Industry

Decades of irresponsible oil, mining and gas exploration have produced devastating effects in many developing countries. Our awareness raising camapign aims to improve the performance of the extractive industry in relation to poverty and the environment. Read more

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Press Releases

30.06.10 Make or break for OECD guidelines

22.06.10 Transparency still out of sight on lobby register's second anniversary

07.06.10  Government of Liberia and ArcelorMittal complicit in misuse of county development funds

05.05.10  Tar sands undermine Europe's climate credentials

22.04.10  Top European companies still lobbying in secrect, new research confirms

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Examples of Corporate Irresponsibility

Cases of oil companies around the world

How Financial Institutions support destructive Oil Projects

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